James Rainwater's Quotes
Born: 1917-12-09
Profession: Scientist
Nation: American
Biography of James Rainwater
In my schooling through high school, I excelled mainly in chemistry, physics and mathematics.
Tags: Chemistry, High, SchoolMy father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918.
Tags: Engineer, Father, GreatThe Maria Mayer shell model suggestion in 1949 was a great triumph and fitted my belief that a nuclear shell model should represent a proper approach to understanding nuclear structure.
Tags: Belief, Great, TriumphThe research included neutron resonance spectroscopy, the angular distribution of pion elastic and inelastic scattering on nuclei with optical model fitting.
Tags: Fitting, Model, Research